Yule Activities 2

"Handmade" Art

Materials Needed:

• Construction Paper or Craft Foam
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue
• Crayons, Markers, Glitter, Stickers, Etc.

Yule (Christmas) Trees

Steps to Take:

1. Trace hand 6 times on green construction paper.

2. Cut out the hand shapes and paste them onto another sheet according to the following instructions:

   1. Start with the 3 on the bottom,

   2. Paste the middle ones so that they overlap the bottom ones.

   3. Have the top one overlap the middle ones.

   4. Trim with stickers, glitter, paper cutouts, small snowflakes, etc

Angel or Fairy

Steps to Take:

1. From construction paper, cut a triangle about 4" wide and 5" tall for the dress, and then a circle about 2" across for the head.

2. Color eyes and mouth on the circle for the angel's face. Glue the circle to the top of the triangle. Glue cut paper or curly ribbons for the angel's hair onto the circle.

3. Make the angel's wings by tracing both hands on white or light blue construction paper and cut them out.

4. Decorate your angel by gluing stickers, pieces of lace or glitter on her wings and dress.

Reindeer

Steps to Take:

1. Trace your foot (inside your shoe!) on light brown or white construction paper. Cut out.

2. Trace around both hands on dark brown, green or red construction paper and cut out.

3. Use a pom-pom for the nose and wiggle eyes, or cut out a contrasting nose and make eyes from white paper with black pupils.

4. Punch a hole in the top of the head between the horns. Cut a piece of Christmas ribbon 12" long and form a hanging loop by tying an over-hand knot in the ends of the ribbon.

5. Hang on your Christmas tree. Make a new reindeer each year to see how much you've grown!